19 January 2014

It Ain't Easy

I know all you folks in the Lower 48 have had your fair share of winter weather, the last few years. But I thought you might enjoy this tale of what it takes to get to Juneau, if you start out in a car.

... Traveling in separate vehicles, they both got
to Tok Sunday night. On Monday morning, Andy found his car battery
frozen inert by the minus-30 temperatures -- and no jumper cables. Geran
had cables and jump-started Andy's car.

Later, 50 miles south of
Haines Junction, in the Yukon Territory, Andy came upon Geran, her car
dead at the side of the road. He shuffled things around in his already
packed vehicle and Geran, her two cats and some necessary belongings
squeezed in. They made it to the Haines-Juneau ferry on time.

According
to Tarr, the Haines tow truck driver who eventually rescued her car
reported "30 miles of whiteout ... and when they finally got to my car
it was buried under several feet of snow."

8 comments:

Most of us fly to Juneau, when/if necessary. The article doesn't mention that it's a 5 1/2 hour drive to Tok on a good day, and then heading south to Haines is another 7 or 8 hours ... and that doesn't include the ferry from Haines to Juneau.

I can't think of a good reason to go that way. At least, not on a regular basis.

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